Horrie Clover

Horrie Clover
Personal information
Date of birth	20 March 1895
Date of death	1 January 1984 (aged 88)
Original team(s)	Maryborough
Debut	Round 2, 1920, Carlton vs. Richmond, at Punt Road Oval
Height / weight	185 cm / 87 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1920–1931	Carlton	147 (396)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1922–1923, 1927	Carlton	45 (26–18–1)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Career highlights
Carlton captain/coach 1922–24, 1927 Carlton leading goalkicker 1920–1923, 1926, 1928 Carlton Best & Fairest 1929 VFL Leading Goalkicker 1922 Victorian representative (9 games, 20 goals).

Horrie Clover (20 March 1895 – 1 January 1984) was a leading Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).

Clover was a high-marking centre half-forward who starred from his first game, kicking three goals and hitting the post four times.^[1] Clover was Carlton’s key player during his career, including stints as playing coach in 1922-23 and 1927 for 26 wins from 45 matches. He also served as club secretary, vice-president and president over many years.

Called "one of the finest exponents of the centre-half-forward position that the game has known",^[1] Clover was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

References

1. Atkinson, p. 35.

Sources

• Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 51. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.

External links

• Horrie Clover's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• AFL Hall of Fame